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    Follow Me: Leadership & Trip Planning for Paddlers
    Follow Me: Leadership & Trip Planning for Paddlers
    Follow Me: Leadership & Trip Planning for Paddlers
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    Follow Me: Leadership & Trip Planning for Paddlers

    By Jay Gitomer

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    Follow Me: Leadership & Trip Planning presents everything you need to know to be comfortable leading trips on the water in a single short book. Organized in chronological order, Follow Me takes you step-by-step from conceiving your paddle to organizing it to leading it. Both day paddles and multi-day trips are discussed. The book also addresses how to deal with problems and presents a series of scenarios for you to test yourself against. Containing lists, diagrams, and links to resources, Follow Me is a practical guide for paddlers who want to become leaders.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJay Gitomer
    Release dateNov 10, 2013
    ISBN9781311484734
    Follow Me: Leadership & Trip Planning for Paddlers
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    Jay Gitomer

    Jay Gitomer is the owner-operator of Blue World Paddlesports and the founder of Babes with Blades All-Women, No-Yelling Paddling Events. She is an ACA Level 3 Coastal Kayak Instructor, BCU UKCC Level 1 Paddlesports Coach, and BCU 4-Star Leader. She is known for her creative, fun approach to training. Jay runs the paddleboard club Baltimore Boards, is a former coordinator of the Chesapeake Paddlers Association, and volunteers with Team River Runner to help wounded service people. Jay also sits on the Advisory Committee of the Safety Education and Instruction Council of the American Canoe Association.

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      Book preview

      Follow Me - Jay Gitomer

      FOLLOW ME: LEADERSHIP &TRIP PLANNING FOR PADDLERS

      A Guide for Kayakers, Canoeists, and Paddleboarders

      by Jay Gitomer

      Copyright 2013 Jay Gitomer

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Before the Paddle

      Chapter 2: At the Launch

      Chapter 3: On the Paddle

      Chapter 4: When Things Go Wrong

      Chapter 5: The Multi-Day Paddle

      Chapter 6: Scenarios

      Chapter 7: Conclusion

      Resources

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      Introduction

      Most paddlers have their own crowd of paddling buddies, and in most crowds, just one or two people plan all the trips. Maybe the others don’t have the confidence to run a paddle. It does take a lot of planning and the paddle itself, depending on the group, can sometimes be less fun for the leader who’s busy counting heads and worrying about the safety of his paddlers.

      On the other hand, the leader gets to pick the location, the crowd, and the timing. Also, there is pleasure in imagining a trip and then seeing it come to fruition. Plus, if you have the right paddling buddies, they'll buy your drinks for you at the post-paddle debriefing (a.k.a., happy hour).

      So what do you need to know to be a safe, effective, and fun trip leader? A leader needs to have good judgment, good technical skills, and good group management skills. This book will lay out everything you need to know to plan and execute a safe trip for any group.

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      Chapter 1: Before the Paddle

      Before the Paddle : Make Your Trip Unique

      Maybe you have a yen to see a certain river. Maybe you want to work on your eddy peels. Maybe you want to paddle further than you ever have before. Other people are sure to share your interests, so why not invite them along?

      Ultimately, the first goal is to have fun. Take the time to figure out something entertaining and different. If you build a reputation for putting on interesting paddles, your trips will always be well-attended. Circumnavigations are always popular; people like to go around things because the whole paddle is new sights. Themes are fun; try to visit three lighthouses in a day, or paddle to a historical site, or paddle out to see the full moon. For those shorter after-work paddles, throw in a skills break; on a hot afternoon, rolling or rescue practices are good choices, or run a short game. If you have paddlers who you know are polishing a certain skill or getting ready for a certification, try to fit in some opportunities for them to work toward those things.

      Once you have your idea, you need to plan your route. That means it's time for…

      Before the Paddle: Charts

      Time to break out the charts! If you don't know how to read a chart, fix that. It's easy and fun to read charts, and charts tell you everything you need to know about a paddle. The best book I've found on chart reading for paddlers is Franco Ferrero's Sea Kayak Navigation. Don't worry about the title if you're a canoeist or a SUPper -- the book is good for all paddlers. Another must-have resource is NOAA's Chart No. 1. This is a visual glossary of all the markings on charts -- and there are a lot of different markings. Unless you're a professional boat captain or a cartographer, you'll probably never learn them all. That's okay, you don't need to know them all; you just need to be able to read the ones on the chart that you're using to plan your paddle.

      Download charts from NOAA. There are free trial software programs that will allow

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